This specifies NASA's job: http://history.nasa.gov/spaceact.html http://history.nasa.gov/spaceact.html (That's actually the original 1958 version. It's been a

This specifies NASA's job: http://history.nasa.gov/spaceact.html http://history.nasa.gov/spaceact.html (That's actually the original 1958 version. It's been amended occasionally since, but that will give you the gist.) There are specific things I would alter about NASA's current course (including killing two projects worth a total of about $3 B per year) and I would amend the National Aeronautics and Space Act to alter its long-term trajectory regarding human activity in space, but much of NASA's job has been clear for decades.